The Works of the English Poets: J. Philips, Smith, and PomfretH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... despair , or obftinate To fall like men in arms , fome dare renew Feeble engagement , meeting glorious fate On the firm land ; the reft , discomfited , And pufft by Marlborough's avengeful hand , Leap plunging in the wide - extended ...
... despair , or obftinate To fall like men in arms , fome dare renew Feeble engagement , meeting glorious fate On the firm land ; the reft , discomfited , And pufft by Marlborough's avengeful hand , Leap plunging in the wide - extended ...
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... despair , and fear , Now firft he feels ; his laurels all at once Torn from his aged head , in life's extreme , Distract his foul ; nor can great Boileau's harp Of various - founding wire , best taught to calm Whatever paffion , and ...
... despair , and fear , Now firft he feels ; his laurels all at once Torn from his aged head , in life's extreme , Distract his foul ; nor can great Boileau's harp Of various - founding wire , best taught to calm Whatever paffion , and ...
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... despair ! * Maria's form as I survey , Her fmiles a thousand wounds impart ; Each feature steals my foul away , my heart ! Each glance deprives me of And chafing thence each other Fair , Leaves her own image only there . Although my ...
... despair ! * Maria's form as I survey , Her fmiles a thousand wounds impart ; Each feature steals my foul away , my heart ! Each glance deprives me of And chafing thence each other Fair , Leaves her own image only there . Although my ...
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... Despair , of abject look : at every gate The thronging populace with hafty ftrides- Prefs furious , and , too eager of escape , Obftruct the easy way ; the rocking town Supplants their footsteps ; to , and fro , they reel Aftonished ...
... Despair , of abject look : at every gate The thronging populace with hafty ftrides- Prefs furious , and , too eager of escape , Obftruct the easy way ; the rocking town Supplants their footsteps ; to , and fro , they reel Aftonished ...
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... despairing love , And fee me fettled in a rival's arms ? ISMENA . Think not of me : perhaps my equal mind May learn to bear the fate the gods allot me . Yet would you hear me ; could your lov'd Ismena With all her charms o'er - rule ...
... despairing love , And fee me fettled in a rival's arms ? ISMENA . Think not of me : perhaps my equal mind May learn to bear the fate the gods allot me . Yet would you hear me ; could your lov'd Ismena With all her charms o'er - rule ...
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adore arms beauty beſt bleffings blood brave breaſt bright cauſe charms COSMELIA Crete crimes cry'd dæmons darkneſs death defcend Deity Delia delight deſpair divine eaſe eternal ev'n everlaſting eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fave fear fecret fhall fhew fighs fight fince fing firſt fkies flain flame foes foft fome foon forrows foul ftill ftreams fuch fure fword glory godlike gods grief happy Heaven himſelf HIPPOLITUS ISMENA labour laſt lefs live lov'd LYCON mifery mighty mind moſt mournful muft muſt ne'er noble nymph o'er paffion pain perfon Phædra PINDARIC pity pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purſue rage raiſe Reafon rife ruin ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpirits ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill Strephon thee Thefeus themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand trembling uſe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife wretched youth
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Page 5 - Disastrous acts forebode. In his right hand Long scrolls of paper solemnly he waves, With characters and figures dire inscrib'd, Grievous to mortal eyes.
Page 6 - The wasp insidious, and the buzzing drone, And butterfly proud of expanded wings Distinct with gold, entangled in her snares...
Page 4 - Cadwallador and Arthur, kings Full famous in romantic tale) when he, O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese, High over-shadowing rides, with a design To vend his wares, or at th' Avonian mart, Or Maridunum, or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia, or where Vaga's stream Encircles Ariconium, fruitful soil!
Page 7 - An horrid chasm disclose, with orifice Wide, discontinuous ; at which the winds Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
Page 63 - Hinds to exercise the pointed Steel On the hard Rock, and give a wheely Form To the expected Grinder: Now prepare Materials for thy Mill, a sturdy Post Cylindric, to support the Grinder's Weight Excessive, and a flexile Sallow' entrench'd, Rounding, capacious of the juicy Hord.
Page 53 - Sylvan fhades, and filent groves, "(Haunt (Haunt of the Druids) whence the earth is fed With copious fuel ; whence the fturdy oak, A prince's refuge once, th...
Page 289 - By great example to wise actions led : Much to the fame her lineal heroes bore She owes, but to her own high genius more; And, by a noble emulation mov'd, Excell'd their virtues, and her own improv'd ; Till they arriv'd to that celestial height, Scarce angels greater be, or saints so bright.
Page 72 - s emblazon'd by the rosy dawn, Domestic cares awake them ; brisk they rise, Refresh'd, and lively with the joys that flow From amicable talk, and moderate cups Sweetly interchang'd.
Page 214 - Near some obliging, modest fair to live : For there's that sweetness in a female mind Which in a man's we cannot hope to find...
Page 51 - Traverse th' extremest world ? why tempt the rage Of the rough ocean ? when our native glebe Imparts, from bounteous womb, annual recruits Of wine delectable, that far surmounts Gallic, or Latin grapes, or those that see The setting sun near Calpe's towering height. Nor let the Rbodian, nor the Lesbian vines Vaunt their rich Must, nor let Tokay contend For sovereignty ; Phanaeus